November 2018: Lots of releases this month! Be-Bop Deluxe album ‘Sunburst Finish’ has been reissued featuring new stereo and 5.1 mixes by Stephen…. The Brand X ‘Live’ Blu-Ray has been released, footage edited and audio mixed in 5.1 by Stephen…. Howard Jones’ ‘Human’s Lib’ and ‘Dream Into Action’ box set, remastered from original tapes, along with previously unreleased material and picture discs… and Kate Bush has remastered her entire catalogue on CD and vinyl, ’Kate Bush - Remastered Part II (CD)’ includes three albums mixed by Stephen… also available on vinyl ‘Kate Bush - Remastered Set III’….

Sadia delivered a talk on ‘Catharsis and the Encompassing Environment in Art in the Neo-Digital Age’ at the Cognitive Futures in the Arts and Humanities Conference 2018 at the University of Kent, Canterbury in July. The conference drew together topics such as cognitive neuroscience and the arts, cognitive poetics, spectatorship and participation, material culture, theories of mind, empirical aesthetics and interdisciplinary methodologies.

Sadia spoke about 'The 'Wow' Factor’ at the SCSMI Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image 2018 Conference in Bozeman, Montana. The conference drew together an international group of philosophers, critics, scientific researchers, professional filmmakers, artists and moving image theorists for three days of presentations and discussions on topics ranging from aesthetics and philosophical inquiry to neurocinematic experiments.

An eccentric and rather wonderful group of people in a spectacular location… and lots to think about.

Stephen produced and mixed the new Pieter Nooten album ‘Stem’. “Nooten finds another valuable foil in British producer and mixer Stephen W Tayler… “Vari-Slowed” and “Epicural” demonstrate Nooten and Tayler’s keen understanding of the space between the notes” - Uncut, July 2018, UK.

Brand X have just released their new live album ‘Locked & Loaded’, mixed by Stephen, and are preparing the release of the RoSfest 2018 concert on DVD. The video of the concert will be edited by Stephen alongside the audio mix. Stephen is also preparing some surround remixes for Cherry Red Records, watch this space for upcoming news.

An audio installation version of Sadia's 'Notes To An Unknown Lover' will be running as part of the show 'POETRY' at the George Paton Gallery, Melbourne, from October 4th - 13th 2017. For this exhibition, the work has been processed in stereo with 3D audio software creating psychoacoustic sound localisation and distance cues.

'POETRY is an exhibition of text-based works that bear a formal relationship to the space they occupy; such as the page, the book, the screen, the board, the wall, me, space, or take an art work as a starting point. Think of concrete poetry, text-works that utilise the page/book as a formal device, ekphrastic poems, word paintings, performance poetry, word & text-based video, and audio works.'

“So what was it like? Well ... Imagine a live performance by a musician while layering sounds from several instruments which are synchronised with an audio-visual background in surround sound. BUT aspects of the performance (both audio and visual) were also sent to those in the audience who owned an iPhone (by Bluetooth) ... and electronic images also also appeared on his t-shirt at times!!! It was extraordinary. Congratulations Stephen ... mind-bending!” - Dan Chisholm, BBC Radio Wiltshire

Not only a live solo debut for Stephen but also for the Flare Zero speaker system, with special thanks to Naomi and Davies Roberts of Flare Audio for their generosity and support.

In May Stephen completed his mix of the new Brand X live album ‘But Wait, There’s More’… Stephen mixed the original Brand X albums ‘Moroccan Roll’ as well as ‘Masques’ and was delighted to be invited to mix their latest album at our studio at Millside.…watch this space for news of the upcoming global release…

We are delighted to announce that Kate Bush’s long-awaited project ‘KT Fellowship presents Before The Dawn’ was released on CD and vinyl on November 25th 2016. The album is comprised of live performances gathered from the groundbreaking, internationally-acclaimed concerts, Kate’s first in thirty-five years.

Our own Stephen W Tayler mixed the album with Kate, as well as doing audio postproduction on the project. “Nothing on the record was re-recorded or overdubbed” says Stephen “It was a monumental undertaking that consumed me almost completely for the better part of the past year. It took everything that I had to give from my many decades’ experience as an engineer and mixer, and I could not be more proud of the result”.

On September 24th 2016 Sadia Sadia co-hosted and was interviewed on Gillian Bartlett’s show The Silverfox on Joy 94.9FM, Australia’s only gay and lesbian radio station. Across a wide-ranging and entertaining conversation, Sadia and Gillian set about solving the world’s problems and setting things to rights.

‘San Francisco Redux No.1’ is a dramatic reworking by Sadia Sadia, Stephen W Tayler and Anthony Stern of a ‘psychedelically enhanced’ excerpt from the award-winning film ‘San Francisco’ (1968). The work is currently running as an installation at Australia’s largest regional museum, QVMAG (the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery) in Launceston, Tasmania, through the end of November 2015.

“ (They)….have taken apart that most carnal moment of San Francisco in 1968, reinterpreted it and placed it in historical perspective, thanks to a soundtrack that mixes emblematic political sound-grabs and speeches from the period with an original score. San Francisco Redux (2008) seems suddenly like a documentary on the affective sensuality of a shared memory.” - Nicole Brenez (Curator, Experimental Cinema Programme, Cinematheque Francaise; Professor of Cinema Studies, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris)

Sadia’s four-channel installation ‘Ghosts of Noise’ has been screened and discussed as part of the international colloquium ‘Les Devenirs Artistiques de L’Information’ at Sorbonne Paris on June 10th & 11th 2015, co-sponsored by Le Bauhaus-Universität Weimar & Internationales Kolleg für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie (IKKM), the Birmingham Center for Media and Cultural Research, and ELICO Equipe de recherche de Lyon.

Stephen has compiled and pre-mastered the recently released album ‘The Art of Peace: Songs for Tibet II’, as well as mixing a handful of the tracks. The album is in celebration of the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday and his philosophy of peace, non-violence and compassion.

Rupert Hine and Stephen W Tayler hosted the 25th Anniversary celebration of ‘One World One Voice’ in the Big Room at Real World Studios on May 22nd 2015. Among the highlights of the evening were the screenings of the two films, originally simulcast to half a billion people in 1990 and now freshly restored by Stephen. The event was sponsored by Real World Studios, Focusrite and Chimera Arts.

Stephen has been working as a director and creator of concert visuals, with the launch and international tour of the ‘Engage’ project. The project debuted on February 20th 2015 at Indigo at the O2 and the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills and wrapped at the Gramercy Theatre in New York.

"To me, sonics and visuals go hand in hand, and I have always 'seen' music and audio" says Stephen "I develop my visual work as an interpretation of phrasing, rhythm, and my reaction to the dynamics of what I hear."

In October 2014, Sadia premiered ‘Fugue (Die Wende)’, a filmed installation about the removal of light. The work formed part of the City of Leipzig’s ‘Lichtfest 2014 Kulturparcours’, a city-wide event celebrating the ‘Peaceful Revolution’ demonstrations of October 9th 1989 that are credited with bringing about the collapse of the fascist DDR government, and the fall of the Berlin Wall exactly one month later. The work ran across two locations: as part of Sadia’s solo show ‘Echoes and Ashes’ at Spinnerei’s LIA, as well as at Halle 14 Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst (Centre for Contemporary Art).

"I am so proud to be associated with this project, and very touched that Kate has trusted me to manage and mix her voice. It is an honour and a privilege to be a part of the wonderful sound team, an experience that will remain with me for the rest of my life."

From August to October 2014 Sadia lived and worked in Leipzig. In September 2014, she premiered her thirty-channel audio installation ’Notes To An Unknown Lover‘ (‘Hinweise zu einem unbekannten Liebenden’) at the Leipzig Spinnerei ‘Rundgang’. The work is based on her artists’ monograph of the same name and each channel features one poem, recorded by the artist. The varying lengths of the lines of text, broken by set intervals, combine to form a cascade of sound. This produces a random reading of the text from which limitless discrete combinations arise, creating a infinite number of ‘fresh’ readings of the work.

“The land whispered, and then roared, and the roar became the sound of the rapids, and the work became the notion of infinite time as interpreted through the movement of water and its link with our forever” - Sadia

It is a monumental installation, comprising three channels set across a nine foot by forty-eight foot screen, inspired by an interpretation of Cataract Gorge, Launceston and features footage of the rapids captured by the artist in the Gorge.

The work ran through to March 2nd 2014, and now forms part of the Museum's permanent collection.

May 20th 2013:Sadia’s book goes to press at Butler, Tanner & Dennis in Frome, Somerset. BT&D have been printing in the UK for over 160 years and specialise in the production of colour and fine art books (see photograph of the Heidelberg press, above, with the empty wooden paper pallets in the foreground). The A5 book is printed on 150gm coated Condat Matt paper in four colour process throughout. Wibalin endpapers, case bound, thread sewn, unprinted case on Brillianta material mounted over 2750 micron board, foil blocked spine and front in Kurz Colorit 932.

Update July 2014: It is with great sadness that we report that Butler, Tanner & Dennis, of Frome, Somerset, winners of ‘Best British Book’ at the British Book Design and Production Awards (BPIF) 2013 held on 4 November, and Book Printer of the Year in eight of the last ten years, went into liquidation on May 23rd 2014. They were the UK’s leading book and publications printer for 166 years.

It was a privilege to work with their exceptional fine art team on ‘Notes to an Unknown Lover’, and they manufactured a book which is a beautiful object in its own right. It is difficult to believe that the factory is being decommissioned and that we will never get the chance to return.

January - October 2013: In January of this year, Sadia and Stephen started sharing a project space at Real World Studios. “It was a big move, and a complete change to our old patterns of working” says Sadia.

In October, they inherited the lease of the Millside studio, and Real World became ‘home’. The studio is currently set up for sound, still and moving image work, but the space can be adapted and optimised depending on the project at hand.

“Since I’ve moved in, I’ve worked on a variety of material: music, concert visuals, and of course mixing" says Stephen. "Real World is residential, which makes it easy for my international clients, or anybody who might not be local, to come and live and work in this creative environment. It’s good for concentration, and I find projects get completed swiftly and well, inspired by the beautiful Wiltshire countryside.”

The studio has most recently been used for the post-production and modelling of the acoustics of an exhibition space, in order to test the audio prior to an installation.

March - August 2012: Sadia completes work on the first draft of her first book. Copies go out to a handful of trusted readers and advisors. “I wrote it and shot it over the spring and early summer, and by the end of June, I was ready. After reading the first draft, everybody said ‘Go for it’, so I did.”

April 2013: A big job, but layouts and typography completed at last. Signed off, ready for pre-press.

"‘Fifty Words for Snow’ is a brilliant, magical album. With these beautiful songs we wanted to convey the feeling of snow and winter in the sound. The first song, ‘Snowflake’, which features voices and piano, introduces atmospheric elements of guitar, drums and orchestra along with occasional frozen moments of audio. This sets a shimmering soundscape that carries on into the album creating a unique and immersive listening experience. I’ve heard these songs hundreds of times, and they still move me deeply every time I hear them" says Stephen."Of the two hundred and fifty plus albums I've worked on, this was a completely unique and remarkable experience."

We are delighted to say that the album has had an almost overwhelmingly positive reception both at home and internationally (The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Sunday Times, Mojo, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, NME, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Time Magazine, among many).

Check out Fish People at katebush.com to see the latest videos and animations

On “Directors Cut” Kate revisits a selection of tracks from her albums “The Sensual World” and “The Red Shoes”, a process that presents a fascinating portrait of an artist in a constant state of evolution. She has re-recorded some elements whilst keeping the best musical performances of each song – making it something of a director’s cut but in sound, not vision.

Stephen mixed eight of the tracks on this album, as well as recording some of the guests.

Sadia and Stephen are contributing photographers to the latest edition of the photography publication DayFour ‘Ulysses 2’. They both participated in the original DayFour ‘Ulysses’ day in 2005, and were delighted to revisit the project in 2010. They are the only two contributors who interacted (photographically) with each other over the course of the day(s), which makes them unique among the photographers contributing to the project.

The exhibition DayFour 'Ulysses 2' ran at theprintspace, London from December 3rd 2010 to January 2011.

He says “I’m feeding various elements of audio into different ‘visualiser’ software programs, and I’m blending and cutting this material with other techniques, footage, and editing. What’s particularly interesting is that I’m producing the visual interpretation of songs on which I was the original recording and mixdown engineer. It’s not just about sound anymore.”

“These days the artist can upload multitrack audio files, and I download them and work ‘remotely’ from my studio. I can then in turn upload my mixes in AAC format and email a link to the musicians and labels for approval. E-mixing is proving very popular and is extremely cost-effective” says Stephen.

‘Metamorphoses in ‘A’ Minor’’ is a film/hybrid art installation by the UK-resident Canadian-British artist Sadia Sadia. She commenced production on 'Metamorphoses' in Sydney, Australia in September 2009, while 'Studio 18' artist-in-residence at Gertrude Contemporary in Melbourne. The project was supported by Kennedy, Miller, Mitchell, Gertrude Contemporary and the British Council (Aus)

More information as well as excerpts from the installation can now be found at the FILM MENU page.

Sadia was awarded a Studio 18 artists' residency, for international "contemporary visual artists pursuing an innovative practice in a professional capacity", at Gertrude Contemporary in Melbourne, Australia, during August and September 2009.

On September 4th she opened her studio to the public, to exhibit the first of the ‘ghosts’ from her 2009 work-in-progress ‘Noise’. "I have been building the 'ghosts' of information delivery, the 'entities' of the digital age" says Sadia. 'Noise', to date, comprises four single-channel installation works with soundfields, which can be shown either individually or collectively.

Sadia was also the recipient of a Project Grant from the British Council (Aus) to support her filmed multi-channel installation work ‘Metamorphoses in A Minor’, which was the subject of her Artists Talk (Sadia in conversation with Amita Kirpalani) at Gertrude on Tuesday September 22nd 2009.

La Cinémathèque is situated in Paris, and is housed in a building designed by Frank Gehry. It is home to the largest film archive in the world and has been described by Martin Scorcese as the "spiritual home of filmmakers worldwide".

'The
Noon Gun' was screened by Tolo
TV, the most popular
liberal TV station in Kabul, Afghanistan, and was also screened by the Bhutan
Broadcasting Service (the
only service to broadcast inside the Bhutanese border) on
July 26, 27 and 28, 2006.

It was
shortlisted, along with 6 other films, forThe
Satyajit Ray FoundationShort
Film Competitionin London.
Extracts from the entries were screened at the Award Ceremony held
in the David Lean Room of the British Academy of Film and Television
Arts (BAFTA),
Piccadilly, London on the afternoon of Sunday 23rd April 2006.

'The
Noon Gun' had its world premiere at the 53rd Melbourne
International Film Festival in 2004. It played to a packed
theatre and was a resounding success. It was also shown at
the 'Bite The Mango' Film Festival at theNational
Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford, September 2004.
In 2005 it featured as part of 'Films From The South' Festival
in Oslo, Norway.

'the Memory
of Water', a
video installation
by Sadia, has been acquired byACMI(Australian
Centre for the Moving Image) to form part of its permanent collection of
exemplary works by Australian and international artists.-- It featured
in the show 'PROOF:
The Act of Seeing With One's Own Eyes', which ran until 13th
February 2005. For more information, click on image....